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Request for Applications
The PRO-WASH & SCALE Award is soliciting applications to co-create and carry out activities that focus on approaches or tools aimed at centering community voices within PRO-WASH…
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How to localize (and revolutionize) humanitarian aid? Insights from local actors in the Philippines
Despite global aspirations to localize humanitarian response and shift decision-making authority, leadership, and resources to local actors in the lead up to and during…
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Paying for Results: Managing Risk in Fixed Amount Awards with Local Partners
This white paper explores how both USAID staff and recipients approach fixedamount awards, understand risks, and mitigate those risks during activity design andimplementation. It is…
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USAID Civil Society + Pro Bono Activity: A Case Study in Locally Led Development
Between August 2020 and December 2023, USAID/Mexico funded the Civil Society + Pro Bono (CSPro) Activity, implemented by Appleseed Mexico. The activity’s main objective was to…
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USAID/Paraguay Programming: A Case Study in Locally Led Development
This case study describes how, through a process of ongoing learning, the USAID/Paraguay team has supported locally led programming by developing partnerships within a culture of…
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Designing Solicitations to Enable Locally Led Development Programming
Enabling locally led development requires ongoing and intentional consideration throughout the program cycle. This brief concerns the activity design phase of the program cycle and…
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Saving CLA from CLA
In the context of most international development programs, portfolios and strategies we are collaborating, learning and adapting more often than we think. It is just that we are not…
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Localization in Focus: How To Take Stock of Your Organization’s Localization Efforts
This blog is part one of a six-part series on localization. Localization is a power-shifting process, where power is shifted to local actors to address development challenges. Over…
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Localization in Focus: Promoting Learning Communities: A Pathway Towards Localization in Mexico
This blog is part two of a six-part series on localization. Localization is a power-shifting process, where power is shifted to local actors to address development challenges. Over…
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Building Team Cohesion One “Connect & Reflect” at a Time
When it comes to creating enabling environments for collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA), the USAID Learns team in Vietnam has intentionally held team building activities…